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Why do Black-tailed Godwits have different appearances?

WCP Staff July, 2026

By Nicholas Mitchell If you visit one of West Cork’s estuaries during July and August, you may notice something puzzling. Two Black-tailed Godwits standing side by side can look remarkably different, even though they belong to the same subspecies, ‘Limosa limosa icelandica’, which breeds in Iceland. I photographed the two birds […]

Frogs in trouble

Dr Jeremy A. Dorman July, 2026

Would you buy a diamond ring if it meant you were contributing to the death of a frog? What a silly question, you will say. What if the diamond ring led to the extinction of an entire frog species? Most people probably wouldn’t care about that either. But a diamond […]

Keeping cool this summer

Ruairi Kay July, 2026

by Ruairi Kay For decades, our housing priority in Ireland has been entirely about survival in the winter: keeping the cold, wind, and damp out while staying cosy inside. But is that about to change? With recent extended heatwaves, we are all looking at ways to keep cool, especially if […]

A dream destination on our doorstep

Fionnuala Harkin July, 2026

I have a dream holiday destination, and, like many dreams, it can’t be bought, planned or booked online. It just has to happen, out of the blue, and that is a sunny Irish summer. We all remember those legendary ones, like 1995 when we had a small baby and spent a […]

Planning a self-build and the new planning exemptions

WCP Staff July, 2026

By Mark Kirby For generations, building a home on family land has been a familiar route to home ownership, particularly in rural Ireland. With house prices continuing to rise and housing supply remaining tight, more people than ever are now considering buying a site and building their own home as […]

Sometimes old is just as good as new

WCP Staff July, 2026

Himself works off farm but when it comes to the farm machinery side of things, he does most of the operating and maintenance on the gear we have. Much to his disappointment we don’t have a fleet of tractors and machinery so a phone call to our contractor is necessary […]

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